Jason James Richter
Jason James Richter (born January 29, 1980 in Medford , Oregon ) is an American actor and musician . He was best known for the lead role in the film Free Willy and its two sequels.
Life
Jason James Richter grew up in Medford, Oregon, and in Honolulu ( Hawaii on). When his parents moved to Los Angeles in the early 1990s, Richter applied for a variety of roles and eventually got the lead role in Free Willy in 1993 . After the success of the film, two more parts followed. Commercial successes apart from Free Willy mostly failed to materialize , only Laserhawk with Star Wars veteran Mark Hamill in another leading role received attention in the USA.
In the meantime Richter was active together with a few other artists in the band Blue Root , where he played electric guitar . In an interview with People Magazine in April 2003, he justified his withdrawal from the film business by saying that he felt more comfortable when he was not in the center of attention. As a guitarist he is just part of the band. He left the band in late 2004, according to official sources due to creative differences. From 2005 he played electric bass in the band Fermata , which broke up in January 2011.
Since then he has also taken acting engagements again and starred in various movies.
Filmography
- 1993: Free Willy - Call of Freedom (Free Willy)
- 1994: Cops & Robbersons - That knocks the strongest cop (Cops and Robbersons)
- 1994: The Neverending Story 3 - rescue from fantasies (The Neverending Story III: Escape from Fantasia)
- 1995: Free Willy 2: The adventure home
- 1996: The Client ( The Client , TV series, episode 1x15)
- 1997: Laserhawk
- 1997: Free Willy 3: The Rescue
- 1997: Sabrina - Totally Bewitched! ( Sabrina, the Teenage Witch , TV series, episode 2x04)
- 1997: The Setting Son
- 2001: Ricochet River
- 2010: Tekken
- 2011: Criminal Minds: Team Red ( Criminal Minds: Suspect Behavior , TV series, episode 1x08)
- 2014: Life's a Pitch (TV movie)
- 2016: Vicious
- 2017: High and Outside
- 2018: Inhumane
Web links
- Jason James Richter in theInternet Movie Database(English)
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SURNAME | Judge, Jason James |
BRIEF DESCRIPTION | American actor and musician |
DATE OF BIRTH | January 29, 1980 |
PLACE OF BIRTH | Medford , Oregon , United States |